Kevin i am sorry i was not getting your replies in chat so i shifted here. If you found my response helpful, please remember to send an excellent feedback. You can always come back on this page to ask anything you want.

This morning I began hyperfocusing on shirt tag words that said non chlorine bleach. I am embarrassed to say this went on for two hours until I stopped and put shirt on. Was my heart safe from this Ocd activity even though it lasted that long? Thank you again Dr for your help. How can I break this behavior of hyperfocusing?

This morning I began turning switch on light switch up and down and hyperfocusing on shirt tag label. Did these occur activities affect heart function bad? I am going to credit your service today also thank you

Kevin it's ok, your satisfaction is more than anything for me. No this hyper focusing is not going to affect your heart in any way because there is no link between these two. Hyper focusing on shirt tag and switching light off and on etc has nothing to do with your heart. Please just relax and don't stress yourself. Regards

Yes it's absolutely safe to stop them because heart has its own regulatory system and stopping of these actions cannot affect the heart. Good luck again. Your excellent feedback is requested and will be appreciated, regards.

Hello Dr Hasan yesterday I began hyperfocusing on right foot in the shower andit lead to Ocd anxiety of thinking that I would not be able to stop focusing that something bad would happen to my heart or body posture. In other words I would not be same as before I hyperfocused on my feet. How should I over come this? Thank you

You are most welcome. Sorry for the delay. Yes it would not affect your heart for sure. It would be best not to keep looking at feet Just relax, nothing can harm your heart this way. Your excellent feedback is requested and will be appreciated. Regards

Hello Dr Hasan I begin CBT this week yesterday and this morning hyperfocusing on my feet while sitting started up again even though I did this unfortunately through most of day yesterday did I cause any damage to my neck or any other part of the body? Sorry to ask but anxiety really got the best of me and I feel drained emotionaly.

Thank you so much I am so stressed I fee like crying. I am sad I wasted day yesterday and this morning obsessing over feet staring. Any way I can stop this behavior of staringat feet when sitting down?

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Hello Dr Hasan this morning I kept having a hard time closing my condo door I kept opening it a crack thermal having fear if I do not look so many times in that will harm my heart is this just false thinking and how can I stop this? I have cut down the amount of time doing this Ocd action but I want to eliminate it completely.

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There is nothing you can do to your heart - closing doors, opening them, lifting gallons of milk from the refrigerator, etc - that can possibly hurt your heart. That you could even consider these implausible things is a testatment to your OCD. There is no possible real life scenario in which this could be possible.

I'm happy to hear that you have started CBT. Be sure to discuss these worries with your counselor, and the fact that they don't seem to be getting better.

You need to focus your energy to another task to break the cycle. You must tell yourself that you only need to look at the sign one time and then move on to another task. You will not harm any body part by not looking at the sign.

I am sorry you were only willing to give me 37 minutes to reply before relisting this question, when it took you 2 1/4 hours to reply to me. Immediate response is rarely possible here since we all are helping other customers at any given moment.

Thanks. I just wanted to point out what happens when a question gets relisted.

It's wonderful news that you're getting help with CBT to minimize the OCD behaviors. We are here to support you, even though the support is simply to point out that you can't hurt your heart with any repetitive behaviors. That is the OCD talking, not what is possible. Let us know whenever we can help.

I unfortunately started to stare at phone on the wall in the kitchen about six feet away then turned to left and walked away but when I looked back I could not see it and I felt anxious was this safe for my heart?

Where you are standing has nothing to do with your heart, and moving from that spot has nothing to so with your heart. The feeling or belief that anything you can do will affect your heart is due to your anxiety. There is absolutely nothing you can do that is going to harm your heart. It is all in your mind and the twisted thinking because of the anxiety. Harming your heart through moving or not moving is as likely as the sun rising in the west.

Hello again had problem closing my condo door shut because of fear it affects the heart so this false anxiety thoughts again? I tend to look inside then hesitate closing it because of this false fear. Even with the thoughts the heart goes on functioning normally? Sorry to ask again.

Yes, this is just false reasoning based on your anxiety. In your mind, you know that closing the door doesn't affect your heart, but the anxiety makes you doubt the fact. It's false thinking based on an irrational fear.

If you turn a Gillette razor over to see the other side a few times then set it down and pick it up again then swt it down again is harmless to heart and just Ocd anxiety playing tricks with my mind by repeating the action?

At work there is a small white box alarm sensor on the upper front window pane that makes my OCD act up and look at repeatedly. Again vision is not connected to heart so looking at this box and looking away from it is harmless to the body?

Thanks for the accept and positive rating. There is nothing you can do visually that will affect your heart. It is the "OCD thinking" that is messing with your rational mind. In your heart of hearts you know that looking or staring at things repeatedly is harmless to your body.